Shipping-case.



N. A. SMITH.

SHIPPING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED nu 2a, 1901,

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No. 895,209. PATENTBD AUG. 4, 1908 N. A. SMITH.

(SHIPPING @Ism APPLICATION FILED nimm?.

y, Mmmm@ NICHOLAS A. SMITH, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

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Specillcation of Lettera Patent'.

Ptented Aug'. 4, 1908.

Application led May 28, 1907. Serial No. 376,147.

To all whom it may concern.'

also hinged to two nopiceot upper ends of Beit known that I, NICHOLAS A.SMITH, a -j-tluf'curved corner nt-res 3, which hors thus citizen of theUnited States of America, re-,l serveushothcleuasmnlhinges iorthe coverT. siding at Grand Re ids, in the county ot'; Kent and Stef/e of llichignn, have inveutcdlg nml ntl-nchod to tin'- insidtof the frame orc ycertain new and useful Improvements in'ig secured to the corner phnes 3:ind ongle and Shipping-Ceses; and I do hereby dec-hire the' followingto be a. full, clear, and exact. de.,- soription of the invention, suchas will enable others 'skilled in the nrt to which it appvcrtains tomake and use the snme.-

`sind quickly repaired.

My invention 'reletes to improvements in shipping ceses, and more particulnrly to such ceses es use for shipping bottled beer, milk and likesubst-ences t 1e bottles when empty being returned to the shipper in theense. And its object is to provide a caso that may be easily elenned;thnt is strong and durable, yet light in weight; that may1 beconstructed et a small expense; sind that may be easily T heso results Iobtuin by the structure described in the following specification andillustra ted in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure Lshows e. perspective view of my improved shipping case with thecover opened to showv the division bars nud my improved menns forholding them; Fig. 2. o, pers active View ot the skeleton or metal frameo the cese; Fig. 3. one of the corner plates detechod, .'ith one ol" thestron cover hinges attached th to; Fig. s. o. si e elevation of one ofthe di .-on nieto holders; and Fig. 5. a front elevation or the seme.

Like numerals rel-'er to like parts in all the TBS.

The skeleton or reme of the case isconstructed from a. T-bar l, which isbent into a rectangular form with rounded corners und having gne memberextending downward, to which the sides nrc secured, and n horizontalmember projecting inward to form. n ledge on which the cover issupported with its edge surrounded by the upper member of said bur whenclosed. An angle bnr 2, bent into rectangular form with rounded cornerswith one leg of its angles projecting horizontnlly inward forms thebottom of the frame. Metal corner pistes 3 curved to form roundedcorners to fit the bers are attached to the bars 1 and Z to hold andspace them' apart. Strengthening strips 4 and 5 are secured to theinwardly turned horizontal flange of the bar 2 whichvbeing crossed attheir center strengthen the bottom rectangle and serve t0 Support thebottom panel. Bars 6 are the side-sof the cese. 'the panels 8 terminate,short of one :mother et thc corner plates i; und that they m com- Veneerpanels S preferably mode of wood T bars 2 und 1 forming completeclosures for lt will be seen that binntion with the corner plates 3 formthc sides of the euse. .l bottom panel :dso of wood rests upon and issecured to the in- Vwnrdly projectingr ilangc of the angie bnr 2, und iscontrnllv supported bythe cro bnrs zt 'nud 5 und n cover pnnel 7 issecured to the hinged hairs 6. These panels are secured in pince bymenus oi rivets or screws as dcsired.

To prevent the inclosed bottles from contacting' each other. I usedivision plates 9 nrrnnged to cross at right. angles in :my convenientmanner and forming separate compartments for the bottles und also heldin place. :it their ends and spaced n-pnrt from the bottom of the onseby the. improved holders l0. These holders are iol-med from sheet mctnlin the form of channel bars, und ure'provided with u stop 11, formed byfolding the extended sides into :1 rect-ongle :it this point., thebottom edges of the division plutcs 9 engage this shoulder and hold snidbars :my predetermined dist-une from the bottom of the ense undremovable pins 14 detnchnbly retain the plates in phicc. The divisionplates being thus held from engagement. with the bottom of the esse, anysubstances that mnv accumulate the ense may be ens-ily collected zit onecorner of the case und removed without removing the division plntcs. Alock 12 of any convenient construction is provided to hold the cover ofthe unse closed, and muy bo ndspted to be scad-ed when the shipments offull bottles nre :mide- .i label holder 13 is also providcd'for holdingthe label bearing the address of the consigncc.

By 'my improved construction, I am cnnbled to provide s ense thnt islight in weight, stronggr and durable, nent in ep enfance, cheap toconstruct, and that may e easily cleaned and repaired if necessary.

that I claim is: r

l. In a case or' the class described, a metal frame consisting of sT-bar bent into rectangular shape and having one of its legs proectinghorizon* xily inward, an angle bnr

